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What we learned from listening to Jocko Podcast #26. Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, the web, or any other podcast player.

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What we learned from listening to Jocko Podcast #20 On Guerrilla Warfare by Mao Zedong Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible here. Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or the web

What we learned from listening to Jocko Podcast #19 Red Blood, Black Sand: Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima by Chuck Tatum Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible here. Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or the web

What we learned from listening to Jocko Podcast #18. One Soldier's War by Arkady Babchenko Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible here. Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or the web

What we learned from listening to Jocko Podcast #17. Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible here. Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or the web

What we learned from listening to Jocko Podcast #16. Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak by Jean Hatzfeld Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible here. Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or the web

What we learned from listening to Jocko Podcast #15 Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible here. Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or the web Books mentioned: The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific by Alistair Urquhart Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger Henry V by William Shakespeare Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak by Jean Hatzfeld Insisting On the Impossible : The Life of Edwin Land by Victor K. McElheny

This podcast is about what we learned from listening to Jocko Podcast #14 Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible here. Books mentioned: Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irvine The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time by Michael Craig The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or the web

This podcast is about what we learned from listening to Jocko Podcast #13 Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible. Books mentioned: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Taleb Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Taleb Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority by Nassim Taleb The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or the web

This podcast is about what we learned from listening to Jocko Podcast #12 Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible here. Book mentioned: The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific by Alistair Urquhart Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or the web

Lessons learned from Jocko Podcast #11 : It is in the belly of the beast that we thrive. I have seen with my own eyes the wholesale slaughter when that occurs when Seals are unleashed on the enemy - as we were meant to be. There is nothing new. The nature of war has never changed and never will change. It’s death. Before man was, war waited for him. As long as man is, war will always be. Leif: I did not get selected for the seal teams. That was crushing for me. It was a soul crushing event for me. His response: work harder and preserve for another 3 years until he finally got in. He matured a lot during those 3 years. During BUDs people were whining about how tough training was. I was just fired up to be there. Biggles was struggling. He looked himself in the mirror and said this is what I want to do. I will turn this around. While everyone else is resting he’s going out for runs, pull-ups, working. (A remarkable physical transformation) He became Biggles 2000 - the new model. He summited Mt Rainer completely blind😳 Don’t just think about your team. Think about yourself. You have to think about raising the bar on yourself. You have to think about what you will tolerate from yourself. How you can raise your own bar and standard. How you can get better with everything you do. Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible here. Book mentioned: Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or the web

Lessons from Jocko Podcast #10 The Japanese were recovering from the shock of our pre landing bombardment. Their machine gun and rifle fire got thicker. Snapping viciously overhead in an increasing volume 😳 When under fire: time has no meaning. It was impossible to judge how long it lasted. Jocko tells a story about receiving mortar fire: I’m on the roof so there is no cover. His friend asks do you think we can make it back inside? Nope. What should we do? Hope it doesn’t land in our quadrant. 👉That’s the feeling of hopelessness you experience. You picture this navy corpsman trying to treat this man and losing him and out there in the middle of the battlefield with tears streaming down his face - that’s what combat is. Shrapnel can be 1/2 inch thick and 9 or 12 inches long. Jagged shards of metal 😳 The bodies were mutilated by the enemy. One was decapitated - his head lay on his chest. His hands had been severed from his wrists and also laid on his chest. They cut off his penis and stuffed it in his mouth. One was butchered. Chopped up like a carcass torn apart by a predatory animal. Rugged terrain. Suffocating heat. How we kept going and continue fighting I’ll never know. I was talking to a team the other day that wanted me to coach them and hold them accountable: I said listen I charge a lot of money and you would be stupid to give it to me. All you lack is discipline to work for the team and make it happen. Which team would win: the team that worked hard not because someone was holding them accountable but because they had the desire for victory? Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible here. Book mentioned: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge I Remember The Last War by Bob Hoffman A Guide To The Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irvine Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or the web

War is the ultimate human struggle Patton thought he was reincarnated- that he was a warrior over and over again - for hundreds of thousands of years He was a mysterious guy with a lot of different facets to him. People’s strengths can be their weaknesses: Patton was hyper aggressive. That was negative in some cases and worked well in others. Patton was an unrepentant aristocratic snob. Quote from Patton: May god have mercy on my enemies - they will need it. Patton is the most aggressive of anyone I’ve ever heard of. The disease of victory: rots from within leading leaders to underestimate their enemies and overestimate their own battlefield prowess. The only antidote is defeat. His number one characteristic was discipline. Always capture the highest terrain feature in your vicinity and stay on it. The best is the enemy of the good. By this I mean that a good plan violently executed now it better than a perfect plan next week. The determining characteristics are self confidence, speed and audacity - none of these things can ever be perfect. If someone can’t give you their orders in one page that means their orders are too complicated - they need to simplify their plan. Training: More emphasis will be placed on the hardening of men and soldiers. There is a tendency for the chain of command to overload junior officers by excessive requirements of training and reports. You will alleviate this burden by eliminating non essential demands. Patton: Any commander who fails to obtain his objective and who is not dead or severely wounded has not done his full duty. Patton: Remember praise is more valuable than blame. Patton on courage: Do not take counsel of your fears. War As I Knew It by General Patton No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Get two free audiobooks by trying Audible Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts or the web.

Tact: the ability to deal with others in a manner that will maintain good relations and avoid offense. Maintain tact regardless of your true feelings. Tact should override emotions. A powerful iron will overcomes friction. It crushes the obstacle. Jocko: Pet peeves are stupid. You need to correct yourself on that one. Friction is inevitable, you must accept it, do everything you can to minimize its effects and learn to fight effectively inspire of it..... reminds me of the book by pressfield - the war of art- friction is resistance. Resistance is friction. Iron Will: He inspired his men to supreme efforts despite the staggering opposition. 5 days and 6 nights of battle they killed 1,000 enemies in bitter sub zero weather. Only 82 of his 220 men were able to walk away from the position. There’s a battle going on inside you. There’s a battle you have to fight everyday. There is a spirit that has to be rebuilt when broken down. The physical demands of battle.... sleep deprivation, poor diet, poor hygiene and fear have to be understood. No one is immune to fatigue. Guts and pride are not a substitute for fitness. Exercise is the only thing that effects every other part of your life. Describing Sergeant Major John Quick: calm, forceful, intelligent, loyal, and courageous man. I never knew him to raise his voice, lose his temper or use profane language. Yet he exacted prompt obedience from all persons subject to his orders. The truly courageous do not live in anxiety from morning to night. They are calm because they know who they are. Deficiencies in existing practices are identified, outdated structure discarded, and modifications are made to maintain function and utility (Jocko says this is something you want to do in your own life. Note to self) Innovation requires that leaders listen to their subordinates. A two way system of communication is maintained. Everybody in your chain of command has a responsibility to be innovative. A SEAL saying we used to have: “look for work.” If there’s nothing going on go find something. Jocko’s advice on how to handle fear: inoculation. Give yourself little exposures of what you are afraid of. Mentioned in this episode The War of Art Turning Pro A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy How To Be Strong, Healthy, and Happy Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts or the web.

Lessons from Jocko Podcast #7: Where Does Discipline Come From? Project Jaffna, Gains & BJJ Anybody that knows anything about tactics knows you want to take the high ground. You can see much further. It’s a dominating position. Take the high ground or the high ground will take you. Stay on the path. The general asks some poignant questions: what kind of training had this unit done? Why was it forced to keep doing its station duties: providing working parties for golf courses instead of training they were helping with sporting events, cleaning up etc. They weren’t training for war which is what they should have been doing. Make sure the training that you do expands your mind and makes you think. The person that is in charge has to do an outstanding job of explaining the mission - explaining how it’s all connected - how what happens on the front line effects the overall strategy. An insurgency doesn’t have tanks but they have time. They win by a death of 1,000 cuts. In prolonged, slow, bleeding, low intensity, people oriented struggle motivation and discipline as ingredients of moral are far more important. The longer the time frame the more distractions. 3 types of officers: 1 was ones that thought, acted, moved about, was bold and got down to business fastest. Even in totally alien confusing environments. The 2nd one had brains and moved about the best they could buy lacked boldness and the ability to inspire. The 3rd was those who slogged and complained about their troops and their orders and so on. They could do nothing else. Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts or the web.

Lessons from Jocko Podcast #6 - With Echo Charles | Napoleon | Aggression | Mind Control Napoleon fought more battles than Alexander, Hannibal and Caesar combined. He is without any doubt the greatest of European soldiers. He astounded his opponents by the crushing rapidity of his battles. He used mobility, quickness and pace to dictate how the battles were going to go. Napoleon was a master of the flank. I’m going to do an assault. You’ll be paying attention to that. And then from the rear or side or somewhere you are not expecting you are getting submitted. The way people act. The way humans respond to combat situations doesn’t change. When you have at once undertaken the offensive it should be maintained until the last extremity. That’s commitment. A common thread that we talk about: being on the offensive is good. It’s always better than being on the defensive. The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship. The second is courage. Poverty, privation and want are the school of the good soldier 🤔 If you look at all the elite military schools they are about being hungry, cold, tired, miserable. Nothing is more important in war than unity in command. One army, acting on one line, led by one commander. How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death? To have quitting as an option is not smart. A mark of someone that can lead well: someone that can take complex ideas, simplify them, and communicate them in a simple manner. You are showing you can’t control your temper. If you can’t control than what can you control? How do I stop doing X? Stop doing X. How can I start doing Y? Start doing Y (mind control) Links Project Gutenberg offers over 57,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for enjoyment and education. Read Napoleon's Maxims of War for free Roots of Strategy Book 1: Writings of Sun Tzu, Vegetius, Marshal Maurice de Saxe, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon The Bed of Procrustes Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue by Ryan Holiday The Fish That Ate The Whale Confessions of an Economic Hitman The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and The Age of Amazon Listen to David's podcast Founders on Apple Podcasts or the web.